New Delhi: Planning Commission has asked the ministry for women and child development (WCD) to consider a paradigm policy shift and focus on children between 0-2 years of age as against the current practice of addressing the nutritional concerns of children from 6 months to 5 years through ICDS programme.

KOCHI: Baby care in Kochi hospitals, be it in the private sector or the government sector, will not be the same anymore.

The National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), in association with the Indian Paediatrics Association (IAP) and the United Nations International Children

A Unicef report has shown high levels fluoride in groundwater sources in Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri
A new report has confirmed the unacceptably high fluoride content in groundwater sources in Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri districts. The Hogenakkal drinking water scheme was conceived over 40 years ago to specifically address this problem in the two districts.

New Delhi: This is one world No. 1 tag that

THE World Health Organisation (WHO) and Unicef have suspended the use and purchase of Shan5 vaccine from Sanofi Aventis-owned Shantha Biotechnics, pending a quality investigation that threatens a three-year contract worth $350 million.

UNICEF India Country Office representative Karin Hulshof on Wednesday assured full support to the Government to accelerate the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) while addressing an assembly of Deputy Commissioners, Zila Parishad representatives, Government engineers and other officials here.

The changing landscape of Ghaziabad in the National Capital Region, an apparent testament to the Indian economic boom with its shimmering malls and high-rise apartment blocks, hides another grim reality.

CHENNAI: India

A two-day training programme was organised in collaboration with NRHM and UNICEF on January 11 and 12 at Swahid Bhavan, Lakhimpur for the volunteers of Nawa Bihan Samaj (NBS) for monitoring the trainingprogramme on Village Health and Sanitation Committee (VHSC) in the village level formed by National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), Assam.

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is supporting the State government and city-based Disaster Management Institute (DMI) in implementing a unique community-based Disaster Risk Reduction Project in ten districts of the state.